Head-to-head comparison across 1benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Claude Haiku 4.5
56
MiniMax M2.7
53
Pick Claude Haiku 4.5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. MiniMax M2.7 only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill.
Coding
+19.6 difference
Claude Haiku 4.5
MiniMax M2.7
$1 / $5
$0.3 / $1.2
N/A
45 t/s
N/A
2.53s
200K
200K
Pick Claude Haiku 4.5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. MiniMax M2.7 only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill.
Claude Haiku 4.5 has the cleaner provisional overall profile here, landing at 56 versus 53. It is a real lead, but still close enough that category-level strengths matter more than the headline number.
Claude Haiku 4.5's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 73.3 against 53.7.
Claude Haiku 4.5 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $1.00 input / $5.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.30 input / $1.20 output per 1M tokens for MiniMax M2.7. That is roughly 4.2x on output cost alone.
Claude Haiku 4.5 is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 56 to 53.
Claude Haiku 4.5 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 73.3 versus 53.7. MiniMax M2.7 stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.
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